词条 | Frederick Menzies |
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Sir Frederick Norton Kay Menzies KBE FRSE FRCP LLD (1875-1949) was a British physician and public health expert. He was Honorary Physician to King George VI. LifeHe was born in Caernarvon on 2 November 1875, the son of John Menzies, a civil engineer, and his wife, Edith Madeline Kay. He was educated at Llandovery College then studied Medicine at Edinburgh University graduating MB ChB in 1899. He then did postgraduate studies in both Berlin and Vienna returning to work at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, receiving his doctorate (MD) in 1903. He moved on to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London then Brompton Hospital and the Western Fever Hospital.[1] In 1907 he became a Demonstrator in Public Health at University College, London under Prof Henry Richard Kenwood also becoming Kenwood's deputy as Medical Officer of Health for the Stoke Newington district. In 1920 he became Medical Officer of Health for London County Council. He introduced medical schemes for London schools, a general screening of the population for tuberculosis, and various centres to treat venereal disease.[2] In 1924 he gave up all academic roles to focus on his practical roles, becoming Director of Medical Services for the London area. He was also placed in charge of the British Red Cross Society. In 1927 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir George Newman, Sir Robert William Philip, Edwin Bramwell, James Lorrain Smith and James Hartley Ashworth.[3] In the Second World War he co-ordinated Red Cross Hospitals in North Wales. He was made a Knight of the Order of the British Empire by King George V in 1932. He also received the Order of St John of Jerusalem in 1934. He died in London on 14 May 1949 following a business trip to Port Said. FamilyHe was married to Harriet May Lloyd. They had two sons, Derek and Ian Robert, and one daughter, Jean. Derek, a Major in the Royal Welch Fusiliers, is MIA, Normandy, 1944, D-Day +4. References1. ^http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/3066 {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Menzies, Frederick Norton Kay}}{{Scotland-bio-stub}}2. ^Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Frederick Menzies 3. ^{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}} 6 : 1875 births|1949 deaths|Welsh people|Alumni of the University of Edinburgh|20th-century British medical doctors|Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |
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